Foundations
This 1776 document announced the colonies’ separation from Great Britain.
Declaration of Independence
This river splits the country in half while providing trade networks, agriculture water source, and connecting the north to the south.
Mississippi River
This war officially began at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
American Revolution
This constitutional principle divides power between the national and state governments.
Federalism
This future president served as a lieutenant colonel during the Spanish-American War with the Rough Riders.
Theodore Roosevelt
This Enlightenment thinker’s ideas about natural rights heavily influenced the Founders.
John Locke
This mountain range formed a major barrier to westward expansion in early America.
Appalachian Mountains
This event pushed the United States into World War II in 1941.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
This unusual Civil War unit from Wisconsin became famous for wearing black hats and fierce fighting.
The Iron Brigade
This compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation purposes.
Three Fifths Compromise
This purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase- land purchased from France added most of the midwest and some southwest
This movement of the 1950s and 1960s sought equal rights for African Americans and inspired other groups to seek equality.
Civil Rights Movement
This collection of essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay defended the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
This trail carried thousands of settlers westward to the Pacific Northwest in the 1800s.
Oregon Trail
List the turning point of each of the following conflicts:
- American Revolution
- Civil War
- World War 2 (in Pacific or European Theaters)
- Civil War- Battle of Gettysburg
-WWII
- Pacific- Midway
- Europe- D- Day or Battle of Stalingrad
This little-known 1814 battle inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Battle of Fort McHenry
List at least four amendments that improved voter access.
14th- Equal Protection Clause
15th- All men could vote
17th- Population could vote for senators
19th- Women's Right to vote
24th- Removal of poll taxes